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Psalms 147:14

He maketh peace in thy borders, enabling His congregation to be built up without the disturbing and distracting influences of steady warfare, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat, with the richest of blessings, Psalms 81:16.

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See also Psalms 147:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 147:14. _HE MAKETH PEACE_] They were now no longer troubled with the Samaritans, Moabites, c....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS - Margin, he maketh thy border peace. The word border here refers to a boundary, and stands for all the domain or territory included within the boundaries of a country....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1 and Psalms 147:12. PSALMS 147:1. An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness to Israel. Observe how...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PEACE IN THY BORDERS. thy borders peace....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Zion is summoned to praise Jehovah for the blessings of peace and prosperity. The Lord of Nature is He Who has endowed Israel with unique privileges....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    satisfleth _thee_with _the_fat _of wheat_ Fulfilling His ancient promises. Cp. Psalms 81:16; Deuteronomy 32:14....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 748 TEMPORAL MERCIES A GROUND OF PRAISE [Note: Thanksgiving Sermon for Peace, written January 18, 1816. It is not to be supposed that the same circumstances will ever occur again; and there...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 147 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise for the Restoration of Jerusalem and for Israel's Preeminence: with Grateful Recognition of Rain and of Spring. ANALYSIS After the Repetition and Expansion of th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS (ISAIAH 60:17 ), AND FILLETH THEE WITH THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT - literally, 'with the f...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    147:14 wheat. (a-15) Lit 'the fat of wheat.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD’S LOVE AND *POWER PSALMS 147 THE 2ND *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "If God makes the grass green (so that it looks right), how much more will

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MAKETH PEACE. — Or, _placing as thy border peace._ FINEST OF THE WHEAT. — Literally, _fat of wheat._ (See Psalms 81:16.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַ שָּׂם ־גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְ שָׁלֹ֑ום חֵ֥לֶב חִ֝טִּ֗ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 147:1 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah (Psalms 147:1, Psalms 147:7, Psalms 147:12) divide this psalm into three parts, the two fo

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      PEACE AND PROSPERITY Psalms 147:12-20 From Psalms 147:12 on there is a more personal address to Jerusalem and Zion. The _thee_ and _thou_ justify the application of the psalm to the spiritual cond...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    New and increasing claims are upon Zion, for renewed instances of divine favor. And, Reader! this is your case, and mine. Every day, nay every moment, Jesus visits his people, Isaiah 27:3. And how are...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 147 the saints take their place now in Jerusalem and Zion to say what He is. He is their God; He builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the outcasts of Israel, healing the broken in heart...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE MAKETH PEACE [IN] THY BORDERS,.... Which are usually most infested by enemies, It may denote the universality of peace throughout the land, in all the parts and borders of it; and be understood of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Ver. 14. _He maketh peace in thy borders_] Peace, peace, Isaiah 26:3, peace of country and of conscience. _ And fill...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates_ Thy strength consists not in thy walls, and gates, and bars, but in his protection. They had walls and gates, and kept their gates barred in time of da...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS: _ Heb._ who maketh thy border peace...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-20 The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these ar...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    In thy borders; in all thy land, even to its utmost borders, which are most liable to the incursion of enemies....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 147:14 makes H7760 (H8802) peace H7965 borders H1366 fills H7646 (H8686) finest H2459 wheat H2406...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1. _Praise y...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant;_ Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise ye the Lord.» «It is good: «it is right, it is accepta...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely._ «It is good,» that is to say, it is a thing that ought to be done, it is a r...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several others do, with «Hallelujah.» Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD:_ This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude with Hallelujah! Psalms 147:1. For it is good to sing...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A call to praise God. The greatness and condescending goodness of the Lord celebrated. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is comely it becomes us as reasonable creatures on account of God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for all th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates._ PIETY EXULTING IN DIVINE GOODNESS I. In the general prosperity of society. He recognizes the good hand of God-- 1. In the rebuilding of the city (verse...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He maketh peace in thy borders._ PEACE AT HOME AND PROSPERITY ABROAD: A MISSIONARY SERMON The prosperity of the Church is described in this psalm. I. What are the points which constitute the health...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:1. Here the praise is focused on gratitude for some great work of “building up Jerusalem” (or rebuilding it after the exile), and for the Creator who sustains his creati...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:12 Jerusalem, representing all of God’s people, should PRAISE THE LORD. He alone provides security and prosperity (vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His pe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall (Nehemiah 12:27-16), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places (see Ps...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Praise ye the LORD [or hallelujah]: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; it's pleasant; praise is comely [or desirable, beautiful]. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the ou...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 22:9; Deuteronomy 32:14; Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Borders — In all thy land, even to its utmost borders....

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